1992 Pacific typhoon season

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1992 Pacific typhoon season

Season summary map
First storm formed:	January 5, 1992
Last storm dissipated:	December 1, 1992
Strongest storm:	Gay – 872 hPa (mbar), 295 km/h (185 mph) (1-minute sustained)
Total depressions:	32
Total storms:	32
Typhoons:	21
Super typhoons:	5
Total fatalities:	Unknown
Total damage:	Unknown
Pacific typhoon seasons 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994

The 1992 Pacific typhoon season had no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1992. Despite this, most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and November.^[1] These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, north of the equator and west of the International Date Line. Storms that formed north of the equator and east of the Date Line in 1992 are part of the 1992 Pacific hurricane season. In the West Pacific basin, tropical depressions have the "W" suffix added to their number. Storms reaching tropical storm intensity of 34 kn (63 km/h) sustained winds were assigned a name by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC). Storms with sustained winds exceeding 64 knots (119 km/h) are called typhoons, while intense typhoons with sustained winds exceeding 130 knots (240 km/h) are designated super typhoons by the JTWC (see tropical cyclone scales).

Furthermore, tropical depressions that enter or form in the Philippine Area of Responsibility are assigned an internal name by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). This can often result in the same storm having two names.

Contents 1 Storms 1.1 Typhoon Axel 1.2 Tropical Storm Ekeka 1.3 Typhoon Bobbie 1.4 Typhoon Chuck 1.5 Tropical Storm Deanna 1.6 Typhoon Eli (Konsing) 1.7 Tropical Storm Faye 1.8 Typhoon Gary 1.9 Tropical Storm Helen 1.10 Typhoon Irving 1.11 Typhoon Janis 1.12 Super Typhoon Kent 1.13 Tropical Storm Lois 1.14 Tropical Storm Mark 1.15 Tropical Storm Nina 1.16 Super Typhoon Omar (Lusing) 1.17 Tropical Storm Polly 1.18 Typhoon Ryan 1.19 Typhoon Sibyl 1.20 Typhoon Ted 1.21 Tropical Storm Val 1.22 Typhoon Ward 1.23 Super Typhoon Yvette 1.24 Tropical Storm Zack 1.25 Typhoon Angela 1.26 Typhoon Brian 1.27 Typhoon Colleen 1.28 Typhoon Dan 1.29 Super Typhoon Elsie 1.30 Tropical Depression 29W 1.31 Tropical Storm Forrest 1.32 Super Typhoon Gay 1.33 Typhoon Hunt 2 Storm names 2.1 Philippines 3 References 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Storms

There were a total of 33 tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific in 1994. 32 of these formed within the basin, and 1 storm, Tropical Storm Ekeka, formed in the Central Pacific basin, crossing the Date Line to enter the Western Pacific. Out of the 33, 32 became named tropical storms, 21 reached typhoon intensity, and 5 reached super typhoon strength. Storms are listed in numerical ascending order by their JTWC tropical depression numbers except for Ekeka, and not in alphabetical order of names. Thus, Tropical Storm Zack (22W) is listed before Super Typhoon Yvette (23W).

[edit] Typhoon Axel

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	January 5 – January 15
Intensity	130 km/h (80 mph) (1-min), 972 hPa (mbar)

[edit] Tropical Storm Ekeka

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	February 3 – February 4
Intensity	50 mph (85 km/h) (1-min), 985 mbar (hPa)

[edit] Typhoon Bobbie

Category 4 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	June 22 – June 30
Intensity	220 km/h (140 mph) (1-min), 922 hPa (mbar)

[edit] Typhoon Chuck

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	June 24 – June 30
Intensity	150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min), 964 hPa (mbar)

When 90 mph (140 km/h) Typhoon Chuck hit southern Hainan Island and northern Vietnam on June 28 and 29, it brought heavy flooding amounting to 40 casualties.

[edit] Tropical Storm Deanna

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	June 26 – July 3
Intensity	75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min), 994 hPa (mbar)

[edit] Typhoon Eli (Konsing)

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	July 9 – July 14
Intensity	140 km/h (85 mph) (1-min), 968 hPa (mbar)

[edit] Tropical Storm Faye

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	July 15 – July 18
Intensity	100 km/h (65 mph) (1-min), 984 hPa (mbar)

[edit] Typhoon Gary

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	July 9 – July 14
Intensity	120 km/h (75 mph) (1-min), 976 hPa (mbar)

23 fatalities and $148 million (1992 USD) in damage can be attributed to Typhoon Gary hitting southern China on July 22.

[edit] Tropical Storm Helen

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	July 26 – July 28
Intensity	85 km/h (50 mph) (1-min), 991 hPa (mbar)

[edit] Typhoon Irving

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	July 31 – August 4
Intensity	150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min), 975 hPa (mbar)

[edit] Typhoon Janis

Category 4 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	August 2 – August 9
Intensity	215 km/h (130 mph) (1-min), 927 hPa (mbar)

[edit] Super Typhoon Kent

Category 4 super typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	August 5 – August 20
Intensity	240 km/h (150 mph) (1-min), 910 hPa (mbar)

[edit] Tropical Storm Lois

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	August 15 – August 18
Intensity	75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min), 994 hPa (mbar)

[edit] Tropical Storm Mark

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	August 15 – August 21
Intensity	95 km/h (60 mph) (1-min), 987 hPa (mbar)

[edit] Tropical Storm Nina

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	August 18 – August 21
Intensity	85 km/h (50 mph) (1-min), 992 hPa (mbar)

[edit] Super Typhoon Omar (Lusing)

Category 4 super typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	August 24 – September 5
Intensity	240 km/h (150 mph) (1-min), 910 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Omar was a destructive storm to Guam, causing over a foot of rain there, amounting to $702 million in damage (2008 USD) but no deaths. In Taiwan, the storm caused 2 deaths and heavy rainfall. The name Omar was retired after this season.

[edit] Tropical Storm Polly

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	August 25 – September 1
Intensity	95 km/h (60 mph) (1-min), 987 hPa (mbar)

Developing to Omar's west, Polly began its life on August 23 and reached tropical storm strength on the 26th. As a developing monsoon depression, it had a large outflow. Polly retained that throughout its lifetime, inhibiting intensification past 60 mph (97 km/h) winds. On the 30th, the storm hit southeastern Taiwan, and on the 31st it hit China. Polly caused torrential rains resulting in 173 casualties.

[edit] Typhoon Ryan

Category 4 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	August 31 – September 11
Intensity	215 km/h (130 mph) (1-min), 927 hPa (mbar)

[edit] Typhoon Sibyl

Category 3 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	September 7 – September 15
Intensity	205 km/h (125 mph) (1-min), 933 hPa (mbar)

[edit] Typhoon Ted

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	September 17 – September 24
Intensity	120 km/h (75 mph) (1-min), 976 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Ted, having developed on September 14, stalled off northern Luzon on the 20th. It turned northward, and hit southern Taiwan on the 22nd as a minimal typhoon. Ted weakened to a tropical storm over the island, and hit eastern China on the 23rd. It turned to the northeast, hit South Korea, and became extratropical on the 24th. Ted brought heavy flooding, resulting in 71 fatalities.

[edit] Tropical Storm Val

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	September 22 – September 27
Intensity	100 km/h (65 mph) (1-min), 984 hPa (mbar)

[edit] Typhoon Ward

Category 2 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	September 26 – October 6
Intensity	175 km/h (110 mph) (1-min), 949 hPa (mbar)

[edit] Super Typhoon Yvette

Category 5 super typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	October 7 – October 17
Intensity	285 km/h (180 mph) (1-min), 878 hPa (mbar)

[edit] Tropical Storm Zack

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	October 7 – October 15
Intensity	75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min), 993 hPa (mbar)

[edit] Typhoon Angela

Category 2 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	October 15 – October 29
Intensity	165 km/h (105 mph) (1-min), 954 hPa (mbar)

[edit] Typhoon Brian

Category 2 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	October 17 – October 24
Intensity	175 km/h (110 mph) (1-min), 949 hPa (mbar)

[edit] Typhoon Colleen

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	October 17 – October 28
Intensity	150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min), 963 hPa (mbar)

[edit] Typhoon Dan

Category 3 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	October 24 – November 3
Intensity	205 km/h (125 mph) (1-min), 933 hPa (mbar)

[edit] Super Typhoon Elsie

Category 5 super typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	October 29 – November 7
Intensity	270 km/h (165 mph) (1-min), 892 hPa (mbar)

[edit] Tropical Depression 29W

Tropical depression (SSHS)
Duration	October 31 – November 2
Intensity	45 km/h (30 mph) (1-min), 1002 hPa (mbar)

On October 30, a tropical disturbance began to form west of the International Date Line. The JTWC then issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert late the next day as the system moved westward and started warnings on Tropical Depression 29W on November 1. However, intensification was severely inhibited by outflow from nearby Typhoon Dan, and the depression failed to develop. It passed within 30 nm (55 km) of Wake Island, causing a minor pressure dip and gusts to 32 kt (60 km/h). No damage was reported, due to the relative weakness of 29W as compared to Dan, which ravaged the island 3 days earlier. The depression dissipated on November 2 over open ocean.^[2]

[edit] Tropical Storm Forrest

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration	November 12 – November 22
Intensity	100 km/h (65 mph) (1-min), 984 hPa (mbar)

On November 8 a tropical depression formed from the monsoon trough east of the Philippines. It crossed the islands, and strengthened to a tropical storm in the South China Sea on the 12th. Forrest continued westward until hitting and crossing the Malay Peninsula on the 15th. It reached a peak of 145 mph (233 km/h) winds in the Bay of Bengal before hitting Myanmar on the 21st. Its history in the Indian Ocean can be found in its seasonal article.

[edit] Super Typhoon Gay

Category 5 super typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	November 13 – December 1
Intensity	295 km/h (185 mph) (1-min), 872 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Gay was the strongest typhoon of the season (indeed there appears to be some debate as to whether it surpassed the record intensity of Super Typhoon Tip^[3]), Gay reached peak winds of 185 mph (298 km/h) winds over the open Western Pacific in mid-November, and went on to threaten the Marina islands at peak strength, but weakened greatly due to interaction with Typhoon Hunt thus causing a surprisingly low death toll over the Marianas Islands with moderate damage.^[4]

[edit] Typhoon Hunt

Category 4 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration	November 16 – November 21
Intensity	230 km/h (145 mph) (1-min), 916 hPa (mbar)

The last storm of the year formed on November 16 and dissipated on November 21.

[edit] Storm names

Tropical cyclones in the Western North Pacific were named by the JTWC. The first storm of 1992 was named Axel and the final one was named Hunt. The name Omar was retired after this season and replaced by Oscar.

Angela 24W Brian 25W Colleen 26W Dan 27W Elsie 28W Forrest 30W Gay 31W Hunt 32W Irma Jack Koryn Lewis Marian Nathan Ofelia Percy Robyn Steve Tasha Vernon Winona Yancy Zola

Abe Becky Cecil Dot Ed Flo Gene Hattie Ira Jeana Kyle Lola Manny Nell Owen Page Russ Sharon Tim Vanessa Walt Yunya Zeke

Amy Brendan Caitlin Doug Ellie Fred Gladys Harry Ivy Joel Kinna Luke Melissa Nat Orchid Pat Ruth Seth Teresa Verne Wilda Yuri Zelda

Axel 01W Bobbie 02W Chuck 03W Deanna 04W Eli 05W Faye 06W Gary 07W Helen 08W Irving 09W Janis 10W Kent 11W Lois 12W Mark 13W Nina 14W Omar 15W Polly 16W Ryan 17W Sibyl 18W Ted 19W Val 20W Ward 21W Yvette 23W Zack 22W

One storm which formed in the Central Pacific basin, Hurricane Ekeka (01C), crossed into the Western Pacific basin as a tropical storm, keeping its original name and "C" suffix.

[edit] Philippines

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) used its own naming scheme for tropical cyclones within its area of responsibility. Lists were recycled every four years. This was the list set for 1992.^[5] This is the same list used for the 1988 season, except for Ulpiang, which replaced Unsang.

Asiang Biring Konsing 05W Ditang Edeng

Gloring Huaning Isang Lusing 15W Maring

Ningning Osang Paring Reming Seniang

Toyang Ulpiang Welpring Yerling Apiang

Basiang Kayang Dorang Enang Grasing

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• 1992 Pacific hurricane season
• 1992 Atlantic hurricane season
• 1992 North Indian cyclone season
• 1992-93 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season

[edit] External links

• Japan Meteorological Agency
• Joint Typhoon Warning Center.
• China Meteorological Agency
• National Weather Service Guam
• Hong Kong Observatory
• Macau Meteorological Geophysical Services
• Korea Meteorological Agency
• Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
• Taiwan Central Weather Bureau
• Digital Typhoon - Typhoon Images and Information
• Typhoon2000 Philippine typhoon website

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